The Catholic and Lutheran Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification
Keywords:
controversy, dialogue, tradition, confession of faith, ecumenical consensus, doctrinal condemnationsAbstract
Theology is structurally dependent on the tradition of faith and its languages that were often shaped by confessional controversies. How can a doctrinal consensus be reached between Churches that remain faithful to the faith witnessed by their traditions and at the same time are not caught by a mutually exclusive language? The article tries to give an answer presenting the method adopted by the Lutheran-Roman-Catholic dialogue on the justification, that in 1999 lead to the signing of the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification.
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